Distributer.



W. R. BUCK.

DISTRIBUTER;

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1913.

1,104,342. Patented July 21, 1914,

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WILLIAM R. BUCK, OF NEW MILFORD, CONNECTICUT.

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Application filed March 22, 1913 To all whom it may concern Be it knownthat I, WILLIAM R. BUCK, a citizen of the United States, and a residentof New Milford, in the county of Litchiield and State of Connecticut,have invented a new and Improved Distributer, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates more especially to the class of devices employedfor distributing or sowing seed, fertilizer, poison, &c., foragricultural purposes, and an object of my invention, among others, isto produce a device of this class that may be readily attached toagricultural machines in common use, and one that may be readilymanipulated for the purpose required, and one that shall be extremelyeffective in its results.

One form of machine embodying my invention and in. the construction anduse of which the objects hereinabove set out, as well as others, may beattained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a detail perspective view of my improved distributer. Fig. 2 is adetail perspective view, on enlarged scale,

showing the lower end of the receiver, and.

mechanism attached thereto. Fig. 3 is a detail view illustrating theagitator and distributing plate. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing thearrangement of the lower end of the hopper and the mechanism mountedthereon. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the pivotal connection of thereach arm. Fig. 6 is a detail view in front elevation of a portion of myimproved distributer, showing the means of attachment of the reach armto the driving shaft.

While my improved machine may be put to various uses for agriculturalpurposes, as it is especially adapted for distributing Paris-green mixedwith middlings for the destruction of worms common to tobacco plants, Ihave shown it herein as especially adapted for attachment to tobaccosetting machines.

In the accompanying drawings the letters E denote brackets that areespecially adapted for attachment to the runners 8 of a planter ortobacco setting machine immediately back of the seats of the operators.these brackets having feet U, which are at tached directly to saidrunner. These feet are curved as to that surface resting in con tactwith the runners, as shown in Fig. l of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2] 1914. Serial No. 756,128.

to permit their lower ends to be placed in.

different relative positions and thus enable the device to be secured tomachines in which the runners may be located at various distances apart.A receptacle I is secured .to the cross piece I in any suitable manner,as herein shown by eye-bolts P attached to bolts on the receptaclepassing through the cross piece and secured as by means of nuts on theirlower ends. This receptacle may be of any desired shape suitable tocontain the material to be distributed, and it has a lid J for closingthe upper end.

The bottom L of the receptacle constitutes a sower plate havingdischarge openings arranged in any suitable manner for the passage ofmaterial from the receptacle. The sides of the receptacle are cut awayat their lower ends to form recesses next to the sower plate withinwhich recesses the edge of a valve plate Q, is located, this valve platehaving openings 5 arranged preferably at one side of its center toregister with openings 6 in the sower plate or bottom of the receptacle,said valve plate being unperforated on the opposite side of its center.The sower plate is also provided with clearance holes Z located on thediametrically opposite side of the plate from the openings 6 by means ofwhich material which may lodge between the plates may pass, thusclearing the space between the plates. The valve plate has a projectionM extending through the side of the receptacle and by means of which theplate may be adjusted to regulate the amount of flow of material fromthe receptacle.

An agitator R is rotatably mounted in the bottom of the receptacle andhas a bevel pinion 7 meshing with a bevel gear D on a driving shaftmounted in bearings underneath the receptacle, this driving shaft havinga sprocket wheel K to receive a sprocket chain extending to a sprocketwheel B secured to the shaft of a floating or drive wheel A rotatablymounted in a floating or reach arm S pivotally secured to the driveshaft mounted underneath the receptacle. A hoisting rope F extends fromthe reach arm S over sheaves W mounted on a supporting bar G pivotallysecured in any desired position on the machine to which my improveddevice is attached, in the special construction herein shown, a hinge Ybeing employed and secured to the water barrel 9 of the planter ortobacco setting machine, which barrel constitutes a part of saidmachine. The bar G is pivotally attached to a post or support V securedto the receptacle I.

It will be noted from this construction that the receptacle beingmounted on the brackets E may have a rocking motion on the runnersupports of the machine and the bar G being pivotally attached to themachine, an extremely efiicient apparatus is provided whereby myimproved attachment may readily accommodate itself to all the variousconditions and uses, and the attachment may readily move to suit thesevarious conditions. When the apparatus is not in use the floating drivewheel A may be hoisted to an elevated position clear from the ground. Aweight H may be adjustably attached to the rope F as an aid in hoistingthe drive wheel and also to relieve the drive wheel of excessive weightand allow it to remain in contact with the ground with just suflicientfriction to drive the shafts B and D. The projection M is provided withholes arranged in any position that may be desired to receive a lockinghook N pivotally secured to the side of the receptacle with its end inposition to engage any of said holes that may be desired thus permittingthe openings 5 and 6 to register to a greater or lesser degree andpermit slower or faster flow of material from the receptacle. A lockinglever O is also pivotally attached to the side of the machine to holdthe looking hook in engagement with the projection M.

It will be noted from this construction that material, as middlings andParis-green mixed, being placed in the receptacle and the device beingattached to the runners of a tobacco setting machine, that as thesetting machine is moved over the ground my improved attachment willmove yieldingly to accommodate itself to various conditions caused byunevenness of the ground over which the machine is moved, and that theamount of material distributed over the ground may be regulated to anydesired extent, the material within the receptacle being effectuallyagitated to cause it to flow out from the receptacle. I thus providemeans for distributing such material at the time of the setting of theplants, which material will effectually destroy worms especiallyinjurious to the young plants, the Paris-green being mixed with branmiddlings, the worms being especially fond of this latter material. It,of course, will be understood that the apparatus may be employed forsetting any other plants that may be desired. The attachment is also ofsuch construction that it will occupy but little space in addition tothe machine to which it is attached, and is therefore especiallydesirable for this reason.

I do not limit my invention to the exact construction herein shown anddescribed as this may be departed from to a greater or lesser extent andyet be within the spirit and intent of the invention.

I cl aim 1. A distributing apparatus including brackets, means forremovably attaching the brackets to a planter, a cross piece, means forattaching the cross piece to the brackets to permit adjustment of theopposite ends of the brackets toward and from each other, a receptaclemounted on the cross piece, a reach arm, a drive wheel mounted on saidarm, an agitator mounted in the receptacle, a driving connection betweensaid drive wheel and agitator, and means for control ling the outflow ofmaterial from said receptacle.

2. In a distributing apparatus, a bracket having a foot with a curvedbearing surface, means for loosely attaching said foot to a planter, areceptacle mounted on the bracket, an agitator located in thereceptacle, a reach arm pivotally attached to the receptacle, a drivewheel rotatably mounted in the reach arm, and a driving connectionbetween said drive wheel and the agitator.

3. In a distributing apparatus, a receiver having its side partsrecessed at the bottom ends thereof, a distributing plate secured to thebottom of the receiver against said ends to form one side of saidrecesses, said distributing plate having openings, a valve platepivotally mounted on the upper surface of said distributing plate andhaving its edges located in said recesses, and means for operating thevalve plate.

A. A distributing apparatus formed'as a unit and including a brackethaving means for movably and removably attaching it to a planter, and astructure carried by the bracket and including a receptacle mounted onthe bracket, a reach arm pivotally supported by the bracket, a drivewheel rotatably mounted on the reach arm, a support rigidly secured tosaid structure, a supporting bar having means for pivotally attaching itto the planter, means for pivotally attaching said supporting bar andsaid support together, and a hoisting member secured to the reach armand supported upon said bar upon which it is moved to hoist the reacharm.

5. In combination in a distributing apparatus, a receptacle, a bottomtherefor constituting a soWer plate having discharge openings on oneside thereof and clearance openings on its other side, a valve platemounted on the soWer plate and having openings on one side to registerWith the discharge openings ,in the sewer plate, said valve plate beingunperforated on its oppo- WILLIAM R. BUCK.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM J. Kmrnn, J OHN S. ADoIs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

